LITT Meeting - April 29, 2010

3:30 - 5:00 PM at RUHS Room 316

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Welcome and District Business

Discussion:

Elementary Report Cards

• Need Meeting (Mid May) to Learn Upload Process...
• Wed May 5, 2:00 PM, Location TBD

Data Modernization Project

• Wireless Access Points Are Installed (Square White CISCO "Cylon" Boxes)
• All new phones, switches, etc should be done by July 1

Summer Maintenance

• Do not pack away desktop computers... they will all be "cleaned up" (Windows XP and Adopted Software)
• Note: Standardization on Type to Learn district wide.

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Tech Planning

Ed Tech Profile

• Site: http://www.edtechprofile.org
• Brief Data Review: District Proficiency Analysis Report?
• Video: How To Run A Proficiency Analysis Report For Your Site

Supplemental Survey

• Live Survey: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHZqSXFtUk41MnJQQ1pEb1paVV9OVXc6MA
• Status & Results: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ar0UJdL6ppL3dHZqSXFtUk41MnJQQ1pEb1paVV9OVXc&hl=en

Other Tech Planning Prep

• Committee and Subcommittees (For the Fall)
  • Curriculum: Annette, Julie, Bonnie, Susi
  • Professional Development: Amanda, Nadine, Abby, Cynthia, Eileen
  • Infrastructure: Derek, Gina, Tim
  • Funding: Robert, Christina
  • Monitoring/Evaluation: Diane, Robert, Gail
• Stakeholders, Authors, Consultants, and Partners (For the Fall)
  • Community Survey (and Community Forum?)
  • Student Survey (Include Secondary Students on Committee?)
  • Vendors - HP? Cisco? Intel? Microsoft?
  • Parents (good contributors)
  • Students (from secondary sites) - invite a representative from each site (1 student panel after school meeting).
• Timeline
  • Guiding Questions for Curriculum Section - April 29 (All LITTs contribute!)
  • Rubric for Curriculum Section - May 27 (All LITTs contribute!)
  • Curriculum Draft Goals - July 1
  • Then establish summer and fall meetings and timeline for other sections.
  • December DUE Date (Probably Dec 3rd)
• Collaborative Tools: This Wiki and Google Docs (See below...)
• Tech Planning Resources

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Collaborative Tools

Google Docs

• Review:
  • Create a new Gmail account or a new Google account .
  • Associate Multiple Email Accounts with Your Google Account
  • Review of Google Docs basics.
• New Features Shared Last Month:
  • Public Template Gallery
  • Shared Folders
  • Upload and Share Any Files
  • Branching Logic (and Page Breaks) in Forms
  • More: The Google Docs Blog (Don't miss the 2009 year in review post!)
  • See Also: What's New in Google Docs?
• New Since Last Time:
  • The New Version of Google Docs ! (Now with LIVE editing!)
  • And I discovered today that adding a Google Group automatically adds all of it's members!
• Activity:
  • Guiding Questions for Curriculum Section - Discuss and Contribute

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Closing

Discussion: Summer LITTs Plans